ksh bugs

[Robert N. Berlinger]

In article <10166 at fluke.COM>, foot at tc.fluke.COM (Andrew Proudfoot) writes:
> 
> We got ksh (the RELEASE file says it's the 6/15/88 version) from the
> AT&T toolchest recently, and installed it on our Suns and Vaxes.  It
> appears to have several bugs, though of course they may be the result
> of faulty installation.  

One bug that I know exists in that distribution is in the cd command:
you can't cd to directories that have a ':' in the name without some
really weird behavior (I can post the exact circumstances if anyone's
interested).  I called the toolchest about the problem and they
relayed it to David Korn.  He sent me a patch right away, and after
some tweaking on my part, did the trick.  So if you're having problems,
it's worth it to call them, even the software is considered unsupported.
I believe he IS interested in receiving all bug reports, and his email
address is included with the distribution somewhere.
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